[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23907-23908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07266]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 107

[Docket No. FAA-2024-0268]


Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Category 
2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Aerial Vehicle Safety 
Solutions Inc. (AVSS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the acceptance of a means of 
compliance with FAA regulations for small unmanned aircraft (sUA) 
Category 2 and Category 3 operations over human beings. The 
Administrator finds that AVSS's means of compliance for small unmanned 
aircraft, revision 5.0, dated January 10, 2024, provides an acceptable 
means, but not the only means, of showing compliance with FAA 
regulations.

DATES: The means of compliance is accepted effective April 5, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    FAA Contact: Kimberly Luu, Cabin Safety Section, AIR-624, Technical 
Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification 
Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des 
Moines, Washington 98198; telephone and fax 206-231-3414; email 
[email protected].
    AVSS Contact: Josh Ogden, CEO, AVSS, 570 Queen Street, Suite 600, 
Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B-6Z6, Canada, +1 (650) 741-1326; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, part 107, subpart D, 
prescribes the eligibility and operating requirements for civil sUA to 
operate over human beings in the United States. To be eligible for use, 
the sUA must meet the requirements of Sec.  107.120(a) for Category 2 
operations or Sec.  107.130(a) for Category 3 operations. These 
sections require the sUA to be designed, produced, or modified such 
that it will not cause injury to a human being above

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a specified severity limit, does not contain any exposed rotating parts 
that would lacerate human skin, and does not contain any safety 
defects. Section 107.155 requires that means of compliance with Sec.  
107.120(a) or Sec.  107.130(a) be established and FAA-accepted. Section 
107.160 requires an applicant to declare that sUA for Category 2 or 
Category 3 operations meet an FAA-accepted means of compliance.

Means of Compliance Accepted

    This notification of availability serves as a formal acceptance by 
the FAA of the AVSS's ``Means of Compliance with Sec. Sec.  107.120(a) 
and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft,'' revision 5.0, as an 
acceptable means of compliance, but not the only means of compliance 
with Sec. Sec.  107.120(a) and 107.130(a). Applicants may also propose 
alternative means of compliance for FAA review and possible acceptance.

Revisions

    Revisions to AVSS's ``Means of Compliance (MOC) with Sec. Sec.  
107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft (sUA),'' revision 
5.0, will not be automatically accepted, and will require further FAA 
acceptance for any revisions to be considered an accepted means of 
compliance.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2024.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-07266 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
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